and 40 springs behind them, Pepe He remains among the elite of European football.at the end of career portThe centre-back made history against Portugal on Tuesday Shakhtar Donetsk.Pepe added Season 19 Participate in one of the final stages of the game Champions League.
The experienced defender has thus managed to become second football player Having competed in the most matches in top continental competitions, the equivalent of three true myths, e.g. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), cristiano ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus Turin) and Leo Messi (Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain).
His feat puts him behind only one of his former teammates on this list: Iker Casillas. The legendary former Spanish goalkeeper is the only footballer to date to reach this level. 20 courses In the Champions League, in the European war between Real Madrid and Porto, Pepe has reached second place.
In fact, defenders Only one edition is lost Since his first appearance in the campaign May 2004.This is in the campaign 2019-20, in which he participated in the European League. At least for the rest of the time, he always played some minutes in the Champions League, whether it was with Porto (from 2004-05 to 2006-07, 2018-19, from 2020-21 to this season) , either with Real Madrid (from 2007-08 to 2016-17) or Besiktas (2017-18).
Sergio Ramos joins Benzema in ‘top six’
Casillas tops the list, with Ronaldo, Messi, Giggs and Pepe tied for second. sixth position After these 5 myths it belongs Karim Benzema Added 18 seasons He played in the Champions League during spells with Lyon and Real Madrid. Currently, the Frenchman occupies this position alone, but this week it looks like he will share it.
exactly Sergio RamosNew signing sevillewill also add This is his 18th year in the tournament If he plays just one minute in this edition, he will be the champion of the Old World, which seems very likely, and barring a last-minute setback, he should achieve that goal on Wednesday, September 20th.
one of them bed First appearance at this season’s European football festival June 2005 With Real Madrid and played non-stop during the Santiago Bernabeu until the end of the course 2020-21.His streak was ended during the campaign 2021-22due to physical problems that prevented him from participating in the game paris saint germainIn his final season in Paris, he once again played in the Champions League with the Paris team.
